FLAME-RESISTANT ACRYLIC FIBER NONWOVEN FABRIC, CARBON FIBER NONWOVEN FABRIC, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:CA2499828A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-04-15

    申请号:CA2499828

    申请日:2003-09-25

    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric comprising a flame-retardant acrylic fiber, characterized in that it has a weight per square-meter of 70 to 190 g/m2, a thickness of 0.1 to 0.3 mm, a density of 0.35 to 0.8 g/cm3; and a nonwoven fabric comprising a carbon fiber, characterized in that it has a weight per square-meter of 50 t o 150 g/m2, a thickness of 0.1 to 0.25 mm, a density of 0.3 to 0.7 g/m3, a surface roughness Ra of 30 .mu.m or less, a tensile strength of 0.2 kgf/cm o r more, and a maximum fracture radius being defined in the specification of 20 mm or less. Said carbon fiber nonwoven fabric is produced by subjecting the above flame-retardant acrylic fiber to a carbonization treatment and can be suitably used as a material for forming an electrode of a fuel cell.

    POROUS, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:CA2351379A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-03-29

    申请号:CA2351379

    申请日:2000-09-19

    Abstract: A porous, electrically conductive sheet, which (a) comprises a sheet formed with a number of carbon fibers having an organic substance adhered thereto, (b) has an electrical resistance in the direction of thickness of 50 m .OMEG A. cm2 or less, (c) has a maximum diameter for causing fracture of 25 mm or les s, and (d) has a compression ratio (the ratio of a thickness of a compressed sheet to that of an original sheet) of 40 % or less. The porous, electricall y conductive sheet can be produced by a method comprising (a) a sheet-forming step of scooping a number of carbon fibers being dispersed in a liquid up on to a net to thereby form a carbon fiber sheet, (b) an organic substance adhesio n step of rendering an organic substance to adhere to the formed carbon fiber sheet as a binder for carbon fibers, (c) a drying step of drying the sheet having the organic substance adhered thereto, and (d) a pressing step of pressing the dried sheet with a face pressure of 0.49 to 9.8 Mpa and/or of subjecting the sheet to a roll pressing with a clearance of 300 .mu. m or le ss.

    POROUS CARBON ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, GAS DIFFUSION LAYER, AND MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR FUEL CELL

    公开(公告)号:CA2977344A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-29

    申请号:CA2977344

    申请日:2016-03-22

    Abstract: The present invention provides a porous carbon electrode base material in which short circuits are unlikely to occur when the porous carbon electrode material is used in a fuel cell, and in which adequate removal is achieved for carbon fibers projected from the base material surface, carbon fibers that project from the base material surface under pressure applied in the direction that is normal to the surface, and short carbon fibers with insufficient bonding on the surface. The present invention is a porous carbon electrode base material in which short carbon fibers are bonded with a resin carbide, the porous carbon electrode base material characterized in that the average value of the short-circuit current measured from one surface (referred to as "surface A") is 10 mA or less.

    CARBON FIBRE PAPER FOR A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL

    公开(公告)号:CA2294803A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-12-02

    申请号:CA2294803

    申请日:1998-05-27

    Inventor: INOUE MIKIO

    Abstract: A carbon fiber paper usable as a current collector for solid polymer fuel cells, which is out of danger of short-circuiting with a counter electrode, is not destroyed even by pressurizing, exhibits a relatively low resistance, and is inexpensive. Specifically, a carbon fiber paper for solid polymer fuel cells which is used in the cell in a state wherein the short carbon fibers of the paper are bound with a polymeric substance and which is characterized in that at least 95 % of the short carbon fibers excepting those having lengths of (Y + 0.1) mm or below satisfy the relationship: W5X, wherein X is the thickness (mm) of the paper, Y is the thickness (mm) thereof under pressurizing at 2.9 MPa, and W is the length (mm) of each short carbon fiber. It is preferable that the short carbon fibers satisfy also the relationship: Z5X, wherein Z is the average length (mm) of the short fibers. The carbon fiber paper exhibits a weight loss of 3 % or below as determined by applying a uniform surface pressure of 2.9 MPa in the thicknesswise direction for 2 minutes and releasing the surface pressure, and the short carbon fibers contained in the carbon fiber paper satisfy the following relationship: .sigma./(ED) 0.5 10-3, wherein D is the diameter (.mu.m) of the short carbon fibers, .sigma. is the tensile strength (MPa) thereof, and E is the tensile modulus (MPa) thereof.

    POROUS CARBON SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:CA2623129C

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-02

    申请号:CA2623129

    申请日:2006-08-25

    Abstract: A porous carbon sheet obtained by binding separate carbon short fibers with a carbonization product of a resin, wherein the pore mode diameter of the sheet is 45 to 90 µm and the mean fiber diameter of the carbon short fibers is 5 to 20 µm. The sheet can be produced by thermoforming a precursor fiber sheet comprising carbon short fibers of 15 to 30 g/m2 in basis weight and a thermosetting resin of 30 to 80 g/m2 in basis weight by hot plates having a certain clearance and carbonizing the thermosetting resin contained in thermoformed precursor fiber sheet.

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